Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2016-12-08

Chapter 16. Networking Utilities

Traceroute-2.1.0

Introduction to Traceroute

The Traceroute package contains a
program which is used to display the network route that packets
take to reach a specified host. This is a standard network
troubleshooting tool. If you find yourself unable to connect to
another system, traceroute can help pinpoint the problem.

Note

This package overwrites the version of traceroute that was installed
in the inetutils package in LFS. This version is more powerful
and allows many more options than the standard version.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.10
platform.